http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 19 May 2008 14:52:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been following the ZFS saga for quite a while. I have been hoping that somehow Sun could release ZFS under a compatible license for Linux. Well, there is hope yet. While it might be a slim hope, take a look at this: http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/linux-and-sun-partnering/ Here's hoping!! Debian ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/19/the-gossip-corner/ On May the 26th, with the help of Mark Schoonover, MySQL Magazine is putting online a survey for people who use MySQL on a daily basis as part of their job.  This survey will be open for three weeks and then I will gather the results and publish them in ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/18/last-chance-for-survey-input/ I had a need to enable general query logging on a slave yesterday.  This makes for a very big file.  So, I needed to rotate this file at least daily.  Enter Google :)  And thanks to Jim Wood and Matt Reid, I have what I need.  Now I have it ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/14/rotating-slow-and-general-query-logs/ We have been running MySQL server 5.0.45 in production here since December. Not a hitch until April the 4th. Then, while I was on vacation of course, one of our masters servers seg-faulted and died. I looked into things, but really couldn't tell much. The one ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/07/mysql-daemon-goes-belly-up-but-we-know-why/ I almost never write about non-MySQL related things. But this is too cool not to talk about. I have always used what amounts to stock Wordpress blogging software. I have been curious for some time how much I actually blog. Well, browsing for plug-ins today I ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/07/blog-metrics-plugin/ I have a new idea. Actually, to give credit were credit is due, my lovely wife had a good idea. She mentioned it to me a week or so before the spring issue of the magazine came out. Too late for that issue. However, I am ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/04/job-posts-for-mysql-positions-with-mysql-magazine/ Hey everyone!! Just wanted you to know that it's "that time". The summer issue of MySQL Magazine will be coming out July the 15th. That means that it is time to start gathering the articles. If you have interest in having your words read by thousands of ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/02/call-for-articles-for-mysql-magazine-summer-issue/ I am looking for someone who would be interested in trying out some software. Give it an honest spin. I need a review written for the upcoming summer issue of MySQL Magazine (http://www.mysqlzine.net).  Maybe two or three pages including screenshots.  The magazine is slated to be released on ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/05/02/want-to-try-out-some-free-software/ Hey everyone.  Haven't been writing since I got back from the conference.  Been busy with other things.  But I would love to get some input on something I don't have any experience. I am evaluating possible solutions for expanding storage on our servers.  All the way from a full blown SAN ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/04/29/experience-with-dell-powervault-md3000/ Hey everyone, I just posted a tutorial I wrote for the maatkit toolkit. This tutorial only covers the mk-table-checksum tool and the udf that Baron coded which speeds up the checksum process quite dramatically (small benchmark test included in tutorial). I really don't have it linked into my ... http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/2008/04/24/new-maatkit-tutorial-for-mk-table-checksum/